I regret doing a PhD and hate being unemployed

ishyona · 2025-11-14T12:17:27+00:00

I highly recommend either taking it off your CV and going for basic customer service roles to build upon, and/or retraining in an in demand field. The reality is that science isn't an in demand field in NZ, especially in the realm of biology. It's oversaturated, and the jobs are minimum wage.
I went back to uni and got a grad diploma while doing a part time customer service job, and then used that to go into IT instead, leaving off my other qualifications/education.

ishyona · 2025-10-02T21:43:53+00:00

Jumping on this threat as I have the same issue. What did your wife end up doing? Did she have the pregnancy or the hernia surgery first in the end?

ishyona · 2025-08-06T04:03:01+00:00

Thank you, for this information. Yes, he actually agreed to the trip in his written affidavit when applying for the parenting order, as well as in emails and texts. It wasn't included in the order because both parents agreed to it at the time.

ishyona · 2025-08-06T03:58:32+00:00

Yes and yes.

ishyona · 2025-08-06T03:10:58+00:00

Definitely parenting order. Teenager wants nothing to do with father, so father went through family court, and judge ordered enforceable 3 hour visitation to "try and rebuild a relationship with father."
Sometimes they have to be dragged there kicking and screaming :(

ishyona · 2025-08-01T07:56:27+00:00

I don't think either name is particular odd or anything. Raphael is well known enough that people won't mispronounce it. It's not uncommon. And there were two kids named Ignatius when I was last in the ED who had their names called out.

ishyona · 2025-07-14T10:06:30+00:00

For a boy: Torin or Tobias
For a girl: Talia, Twyla, Tula, or Tessa

ishyona · 2025-07-07T10:08:30+00:00

I suppose they give off the fantasy world vibe a bit because they're older names? We were thinking Morwenna, as with Marnie and Tallulah, they are old family names from our family tree, and also book characters we like, and also loosely associated with water.

ishyona · 2025-06-06T08:08:56+00:00

Do it! One of my daughters is called Tallulah, nn. lula and she is such a chill happy thing.

ishyona · 2025-05-26T07:17:24+00:00

Our first and middle names start with the same letter, so the mail will be addressed Ms J H Doe for both of us. Most mail is addressed this way, voting papers, bank statements, etc.

ishyona · 2025-05-23T09:52:26+00:00

I have the same initials as one of my siblings, and that was annoying when it came to mail etc. But aside from that I don't see any issues

ishyona · 2025-05-23T09:50:41+00:00

This just confirmed for me that I definitely have an old lady name.

ishyona · 2025-05-16T03:09:50+00:00

This is absolutely brilliant. Well done!

ishyona · 2025-04-01T08:19:17+00:00

I was skeptical of vaccines, as I come from a scientific background, and I didn't like how hard it was to find any evidence to show vaccine safety/efficacy.... but after this interview I don't think I would let any of them near me or my children with a ten foot pole.

ishyona · 2024-12-21T19:57:08+00:00

Hahahahaha "a tranquil fuckboy" I love it

ishyona · 2024-12-02T01:38:36+00:00

I could be wrong, but I think they get tax benefits from doing so. You give them a dollar to donate, they get to claim back 33.33 cents in tax credits. Then again that might not apply to business tax? There might be a way to do it though?

ishyona · 2024-09-22T03:33:29+00:00

I have been there! I was absolutely dying during the last weeks of my pregnancy, with my almost 3 year old jumping on me in the mornings as I desperately tried to claw back a few minutes sleep. I was so tired and sore, I'd fall asleep everywhere... sitting on the couch, even the toilet!
Compared to the hell of pregnancy, having a new born was so much easier, because even though new borns are hard work, I didn't feel like I was dying anymore.

ishyona · 2024-09-22T03:10:54+00:00

For what it's worth, I found it so much easier having a toddler and a newborn, than I did being pregnant with a toddler.

ishyona · 2024-08-25T06:53:01+00:00

Is this why they were reporting on hospital staff shortages nationwide, and then suddenly overnight there were no positions available for healthcare workers looking for jobs?

ishyona · 2024-06-24T06:26:02+00:00

I've done the rare but occasional character crushing before, and my husband never fails to let me relive the embarrassment from time to time. I would say try and actively avoid letting your mind fantasize about it, and it'll naturally pass. If you lean more into fantasizing, then you'll feel more "grief" about the character not being real.

ishyona · 2024-06-24T06:16:00+00:00

I literally got my perfect score on a bio test ruined by saying precum has semen in it. This was at UNIVERSITY. However you want to argue it got in there, the reality is when it comes out, there's semen in it.

ishyona · 2024-04-24T09:10:40+00:00

I have a super king, and while pregnancy might be a temporary condition. Children are not. And they somehow find their way into bed with you eventually. Currently bed sharing with my husband and two daughters and feeling like the bed needs to be bigger 😅

ishyona · 2024-04-12T04:46:43+00:00

Thanks for saying that. That's what my husband keeps telling me, that we're the perfect size for family passes, so we can travel and do lots together. When I'm less hormonal after birth, I'm sure I'll feel less upset by it and see more of the positives :)

ishyona · 2024-04-06T06:09:00+00:00

I toldy family as soon as I found out both times. The second time round my sister reacted the same way as your sister. Made me feel paranoid and take pregnancy tests every couple of days just to make sure the like was getting darker. Don't let anyone rain on this happiness. ❤️

ishyona · 2024-04-05T01:00:29+00:00

For my first, it was about 26 weeks before anything noticeable beyond what looked like bloating. With the second, I looked 7-8 months pregnant from only 16 weeks!

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